'Sleepy Sleeper' Returns for Sale
October 26 2023
Picture: Wannenes
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News on 'X' via the art researcher Mirna Megyeral (@Megyeral) that a 'Sleepy Sleeper' posted here in December 2020 has reappeared in a sale. Regular readers might remember that the drawing made a staggering €160,000 (hammer) over its €800 - €1,200 estimate at the auction house Wannenes in Italy. It is now being reoffered at Farsetti Arte in Milan with an estimate of €900 - 1,300. Not all sleepers work out the way you sometimes hope, it seems...
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